This story is part of an ongoing series of profiles by NorthJersey.com celebrating K-12 teachers whose colleagues have recognized them for making a difference to their students and their profession, ...

First-grade teacher Kinzinger is in her 13th year as an instructor in her home district, at Clara Peterson Elementary School ...

Teacher Leticia Denoya stands at the front of her classroom, at Natchaug Elementary in Windham, Conn. Her first-graders sit criss-cross applesauce on the reading rug. "Do you remember last week, we ...

But the teacher clarified that the girl had not said a word — to her teacher or any other students in class. Sitting in Ms. Hanneman’s first-grade classroom on Thursday afternoon, however, the new ...